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Look, it's a political insult. That's all it is.Vendor-Lazarus said:If that is the only thing you took from that sentence and decided to "switch off", it doesn't exactly look like you embrace diverse thought, nor recognize the problem more and more people have with the extreme left.
It is of course your choice to live in a bubble, but people are also then free to call out your (and their) double-standards.
As well as face the outcome of denying political implications. (Trump).
I'm perfectly able to discuss "diverse thought", and the idea that people who don't put up with shit-slinging slurs must be incapable of discussing diverse thought is absolute nonsense.
If somebody is genuinely willing to discuss things maturely, they won't start off by insulting me. If somebody came up to me and began his sentence with "Hey, shit-head!", I'm not going to politely sit and consider his rationale for why I'm a shit-head, either.
...Why has this turned into personal accusation? I don't have to defend myself against personal accusations here; this isn't the topic of the thread.Vendor-Lazarus said:Speaking of political insults, do you also decry the liberal (hah!) use of racist, sexist, misogynist, islamophobe, transphobe,etc,etc,etc,etc. against everyone not far left? or even far leftists that deviate slightly from the manifesto?
The outcome of that is that the word has lost all meaning, and can be applied to just about anyone you disagree with.
There is where your "hate speech" comes into effect and shuts down 'wrong-thinkers'.
Discussion of difficult topics is not, and has never been, hate speech.Vendor-Lazarus said:Then what do you mean by "hate speech"?
Please elaborate!
I would consider hate speech to be... extensive usage of slurs relating to somebody's innate characteristics, or extensive personal insult based solely on one's demographics. Nothing whatsoever to do with discussing topics. It's personal, not principle.
Of course, this is just a general description, since you asked. I wouldn't suggest that description get taken into forum rules. Moderation needs specificity (or at least more specificity than it had on The Escapist, where moderation was so inconsistent).